Friday, September 28, 2012

This summer The Ballplayer went to work for a couple hours a week on a farm. Really, if I had my way he would have worked there every day because he came home smiling and talking about vegetables in a way I had never seen before. It inspired him to start a garden in our back yard even through I really didn't have time this summer for it. Through his working at the farm I was exposed to what the farm offered which was a weekly organic vegetable delivery service. If you know me, I love my vegetables. So to get them brought to me weekly is a treat. A treat that cost me pennies in comparison to going to the store.

The first week there was a huge bunch of kale in my delivery. I love some kale in the winter. Zuppa Toscana is a favorite of the family. But it was summer. I had heard of the diet world making Kale chips. To be honest I hadn't tried because that's just scary sounding. But ok, I'll anything once. And if I like it, I wont share. Alright, kale chips where have you been all of my life? These are amazing! Crazy crispy and you'll never know they are a veggie! I made one tray and ate the whole tray. Word to the wise, season lightly, the kale shrinks and the the seasoning becomes more than you think. I'm not sure that there will be any kale for sauteing up in the future!!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

I am always looking for a new way to make artichokes. Our favorite has been all summer grilling them. I get bored easily and wanted to see if there was another way to make them. I have steamed them, boiled them but I have never roasted them before. The recipe is very simple. The only thing I would change is use less oil. They were tasty but oily.

Monday, September 24, 2012

On my last post I made Strawberry Waffles. I had way too much
strawberries leftover and the boys were bugging me all weekend to make
some banana bread with some browning bananas we had so I had this wild
idea to make some Strawberry Chocolate Banana Bread. But I had one
problem, no recipe. And when I searched online I came up pretty blank.
So I went on my own and hoped for the best.

begin with mashing up a couple bananas. I use two. Three works too if you like it to overpower the bread.

Take 1/2 cup of mashed strawberry mixture.

Add to the bananas

Add sugar

And Eggs, all three which oddly you only see two

to the wet ingredients add the bisquick.

and chocolate chips. I love chocolate chips...chocolate of sort for that matter

Put into either one big greased loaf pan or as I like to do, two mini loaf pans (I feel like I am splurging more when I eat two pieces of bread as opposed to two) bake 350 degrees for roughly an hour. Make sure to check it as my oven is a dinosaur

You really should let them cool before cutting but The Fireman couldn't wait to try them

Friday, September 21, 2012

Quite some time ago it was National Waffle Day. Yes I am late posting
this. Shocking! I know! But even with me on my diet I had one little
waffle while the boys scarfed down. Now I took the easy way out and used
a box mix. My Gram would be disappointed I am sure, Waffles are only a
couple ingredients but still I was a little lazy.

I like to use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to scoop the mix into the waffle maker. I recently taught The Ballplayer to make pancakes and this little tip amazed him. Put the measuring cup on a plate so you don't make your counters dirty

I quickly defrosted some frozen strawberries and added a couple of TBs of sugar